# CVE-2026-29038: changedetection.io: Reflected XSS in RSS Tag Error Response

- Also known as: GHSA-8WHX-V8QQ-PQ64, PYSEC-2026-2127
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.54.4
- Published: 2026-03-06 · Updated: 2026-03-09

## Affected

- dgtlmoon changedetection.io: fixed in 0.54.4
- changedetection-io (PyPI): fixed in 0.54.4

## Description

changedetection.io is a free open source web page change detection tool. Prior to version 0.54.4, there is a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability identified in the /rss/tag/ endpoint of changedetection.io. The tag_uuid path parameter is reflected directly in the HTTP response body without HTML escaping. Since Flask returns text/html by default for plain string responses, the browser parses and executes injected JavaScript. This issue has been patched in version 0.54.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on dgtlmoon changedetection.io, changedetection-io, upgrade to a fixed version (0.54.4) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/security/advisories/GHSA-8whx-v8qq-pq64
- https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/commit/ec7d56f85d1e9690fca7cb4711c1fb20dffec780
- https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/releases/tag/0.54.4

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